The Sorcerer and the White Snake

These showdowns feature spectacular, Lord of the Rings-style CGI settings, but not much in the way of thrills or terror.

The clunky action mostly revolves around uninspired wire-fu choreography: Monks fly around while flailing their arms as hordes of CGI creatures gather around and then do nothing.

The film looks so glossy, plasticized, and unreal that all you end up thinking about is special effects.

A silly, derivative supernatural-action extravaganza that would have been better at a fraction of its f/x budget.

Fantastic visuals and non-stop action make for a spectacular, romantic Chinese CGI feast.

There's hardly any love affair left really because the CGI has taken over with a vengeance. I got a bit bored by this, because it's just special effects, just CGI all the way through and the story is just shunted aside.

Beautiful martial arts fantasy with scary imagery, violence.

A masterpiece of imagination. Offers wall-to-wall goofy fun for fans of martial arts flicks, fantasies, or just good old-fashioned cinematic nuttiness.

This hyperactive assault on the senses from Hong Kong is noteworthy only for its dazzling array of computer-generated special effects.

We've seen this movie before, in better clothes and with a much higher IQ.